WHAP Unit 3

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Which of the following best explains the process illustrated in the image? A. States increasingly relied on slave soldiers to establish large empires. B. The invention of the stirrup allowed expanding states to use cavalry more effectively. C. The development of new types of armor reduced casualties and allowed states to expand faster than before. D. States used gunpowder weapons to establish large empires.

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States used gunpowder weapons to establish large empires.

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The methods of warfare shown in the image were instrumental in explaining the territorial expansion of all of the following land-based empires EXCEPT: A. the Safavid Empire, B. the Qing (Manchu) Empire, D. the Ottoman Empire

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the Aztec (Mexica) Empire

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Which of the following explains the most common effect that the process illustrated in the image had on relationships between states in Afro-Eurasia in the period 1450-1750? A. It led to deepening rivalries and conflicts as states' military capabilities grew. B. It led to the emergence of new religious disputes over theological interpretations. C. It led to the establishment of pan-Eurasian nomadic empires, such as the Mongol Empire. D. It led to the adoption of feudal systems of government, as monarchs could not prevent the rising power of military aristocracies.

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It led to deepening rivalries and conflicts as states' military capabilities grew.

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The Ottoman Empire's recruitment of soldiers and bureaucrats through the system depicted in the image is most similar to which broader method that rulers used to strengthen their empires in the period 1450-1750? Options: A. The collection of tribute, B. Establishment of religious uniformity, C. Abolition of feudal privileges, D. The granting of autonomy to minority groups

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The collection of tribute

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The recruitment depicted in the image is best understood in the context of which of the following developments in the period 1450-1750? A. Attempts by imperial states to expand their economic power B. Attempts by imperial states to prevent religious conflict C. Attempts by imperial states to centralize their authority D. Attempts by imperial states to control population growth

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Attempts by imperial states to centralize their authority

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The inclusion of the image in the manuscript best illustrates which of the following features of the period 1450-1750? A. Rulers using art as a way to communicate with their illiterate subjects, B. Rulers using art to expand their territories, C. Rulers using art as a way to increase literacy, D. Rulers using art to legitimize their rule

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Rulers using art to legitimize their rule

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A historian interpreting the views expressed in the passage would likely explain that those views were most strongly influenced by Protestant desires to

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reform Christian society by adhering more closely to Biblical teachings

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A historian could best explain the arguments made in the passage regarding the pope and the clergy in the context of Protestant claims that the Catholic Church

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had become corrupted by power

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A historian interpreting the passage would most likely explain that the audience of the sermon is an illustration of the fact that

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political support from the German nobility aided in the development of the early Protestant community

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What time period does Unit 3 of AP World History cover?

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1450 to 1750